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A review by ljrinaldi
Incredible Shrinking Lunchroom by Michal Babay
4.0
Cute retelling of the Yiddish folk tale of a farmer who complained about his house being too small. In this case it is children who complain to their principal that their lunch room is too small.
So what does she do? Similar to what happened in the folk tale, she puts more things into the lunch room. Science projects, sports teams playing their games, and so on. Until the kids can't stand it, and then she removes all the extras, and though they are back to what they had before, they now see with relief that it seems larger and less crazy.
The pictures are bright and colorful, and the look on the principal's face as she adds more and more to the room is so knowing.
Although I loved "It Could Always Be Worse" this still makes the same point, and perhaps it will be sought out as well.
Thanks to Negalley for making this book available for an honest review
So what does she do? Similar to what happened in the folk tale, she puts more things into the lunch room. Science projects, sports teams playing their games, and so on. Until the kids can't stand it, and then she removes all the extras, and though they are back to what they had before, they now see with relief that it seems larger and less crazy.
The pictures are bright and colorful, and the look on the principal's face as she adds more and more to the room is so knowing.
Although I loved "It Could Always Be Worse" this still makes the same point, and perhaps it will be sought out as well.
Thanks to Negalley for making this book available for an honest review